Workstation to Support Interactive Learning and Research in Atmospheric Science Using UNIDATA Applications

Millersville University, Millersville PA

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Abstract

The purpose of this proposal is to seek matching funds for the acquisition of eleven Unix workstations. These workstations are needed to replace obsolete machines and to reduce the student/workstation ratio in light of a continuing increase in the number of majors. Since the last computer acquisition in 1997, enrollment in the major has increased from 60 to approximately 90 students. The older machines which these workstations would replace will be distributed in other teaching labs or will be used exclusively for research, where system speed and simultaneous usage is not as critical as in a classroom setting. The workstations requested in this proposal will be installed in the newly constructed Synoptic/Dynamics teaching lab where the majority of courses are taught, and thus will provide the greatest accessibility to students.